tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51840261507358467422014-10-05T08:08:11.803+01:00Le Corbusier Blogchriswnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184026150735846742.post-37088093547071595902009-03-09T13:27:00.002+00:002009-03-09T16:19:00.925+00:00Did something different??<p>After record numbers over the <a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/different">Do Something Different</a> weekend, we want to see your pictures and hear your stories! If you did something different, post your photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1004207@N23/">Le Corbusier flickr page</a>, or leave a comment to let us know what you got up to.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NsDth3RMFmI/SbUZTUNlF5I/AAAAAAAABs4/1qs-Tb-mceA/s1600-h/DSC00158%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border: 0px none ;" alt="DSC00158" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_NsDth3RMFmI/SbUZUe_ye_I/AAAAAAAABs8/vE4uObovjuI/DSC00158_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" border="0" height="341" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_NsDth3RMFmI/SbUZVR6HIYI/AAAAAAAABtA/2YaFKqagdlA/s1600-h/DSC00157%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border: 0px none ;" alt="DSC00157" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NsDth3RMFmI/SbUZWIYeEZI/AAAAAAAABtE/fZvLmv_SZZQ/DSC00157_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" border="0" height="342" /></a></p> <p><em>Some wonderfully grainy mobile-phone pics of my friends playing Xenakis-inspired Snakes &amp; Ladders!</em></p>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15599029450320708297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184026150735846742.post-91161482326934325182009-02-27T19:31:00.013+00:002009-03-02T14:35:37.868+00:00Make Your Own Corbusier Pillow!<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_NsDth3RMFmI/SahGiDDquDI/AAAAAAAABsg/8wMP5CiIZFA/s1600-h/Stuffed%20Barbican%20Chair%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px;" alt="Stuffed Barbican Chair" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_NsDth3RMFmI/SahGiyAlWDI/AAAAAAAABsk/lZv4M9UHXlA/Stuffed%20Barbican%20Chair_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="227" align="left" border="0" height="376" /></a></div> <p>The gradual invasion of all things Le Corbusier across the Barbican Centre continues, as these gorgeous photos show! Here's a sneak peak of what you can make at the upcoming <a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/different">Do Something Different weekend on 7 and 8 March</a>.</p> <p>On the Sunday you will have a unique opportunity to <a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/education/event-detail.asp?ID=8529">stuff your own Barbican (pillow that is!)</a> with Janome sewing machines at the ready! The cushion is designed by <a href="http://www.peoplewillalwaysneedplates.co.uk/">People Will Always Need Plates</a> and <a href="http://www.clothkits.co.uk/">Clothkits</a> and was commissioned by Barbican Education specially for this event.</p> <div><br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NsDth3RMFmI/SahGjZBCoPI/AAAAAAAABso/g77X--uhtCw/s1600-h/Stuffed%20Barbican%20Cutout%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;" alt="Stuffed Barbican Cutout" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_NsDth3RMFmI/SahGjxkj-HI/AAAAAAAABss/5cWCRxK3rZ0/Stuffed%20Barbican%20Cutout_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="201" align="right" border="0" height="332" /></a></div> <p><br><br><br>The <a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/education/event-detail.asp?ID=8529">drop-in workshop</a> will run from 11am to 4pm. All you need is a voucher from Box Office at the teeny tiny cost of £10 which will cover all materials that you need along with expert help to guide you through the process. The voucher can be redeemed at any point that you are ready during the day.</p> <p>Trained staff will be on hand to help you but children must be accompanied by an adult at all times...</p> <p>Other weird and wonderful things happening over the weekend include:</p> <br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/education/event-detail.asp?ID=8501">Play the ukulele</a></li><li>Ride our static low-tech interractive <a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/education/event-detail.asp?ID=8492">East London Cycling Machine</a> designed by Vitra for the weekend<br /></li><li>Learn <a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/education/event-detail.asp?ID=8512">dance routines from the movies</a> <br /></li><li>Write Xenakis-style music while <a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/education/event-detail.asp?ID=8774">playing giant snakes &amp; ladders</a><br /></li><li>Watch free performances across the Barbican foyers of Boy Blue and the Bell Boys </li><li>Join a marathon series of events in <a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=8663">Day in the Life of Le Corbusier</a>: fill your passport of activities as you reenact the daily routine of the architect of the 20th Century.</li></ul> <br /><p><br />Drop by and let us know what you get up to!</p>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15599029450320708297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184026150735846742.post-25696826892831676902009-02-26T12:45:00.008+00:002009-02-27T12:16:44.578+00:00Get the Look<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ERACu8X3WMk/SafZFl9p76I/AAAAAAAAAAc/yRTe53B0FaE/s1600-h/art+gallery+shop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ERACu8X3WMk/SafZFl9p76I/AAAAAAAAAAc/yRTe53B0FaE/s400/art+gallery+shop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307449375992704930" border="0" /></a><br />If you are keen to get that 'Le Corbsuier look' then the Art Gallery Shop is place for you.<br /><br />Each day I enviously look at the Le Corbusier furniture made by Cassina, particularly the very special Limited Edition LC3 armchair, a dreamy combination of natural leather and a pale blue frame. Trying on the Le Corbusier inspired specs by Cutler and Gross is, though perhaps, for me a more realistic and immeidate way of connecting to the great man...<br /><br />Another favorite of mine are the Le Corbusier Polychromie paints. And I've just learnt that we are the only suppliers in the UK. I'm making the most the opportunity while it lasts!<br /><br />Also, don't forget to <a href="https://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing/shop.asp">visit the online shop</a> to buy a selected number of items available in store.Corinnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873836525462511625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184026150735846742.post-9891660990840199172009-02-23T18:42:00.010+00:002009-02-27T12:48:54.443+00:00In search of Barbican Livings<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ERACu8X3WMk/SafclLd3LWI/AAAAAAAAAAk/D_KZXyyTiNs/s1600-h/barbican.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ERACu8X3WMk/SafclLd3LWI/AAAAAAAAAAk/D_KZXyyTiNs/s400/barbican.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307453217170730338" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><div align="left">On the occasion of the exhibition Le Corbusier –The Art of Architecture, Barbican Art Gallery is organising two ‘Barbican Living’ days to offer the public a chance to learn more about the Barbican Estate and the ideas put forward by Le Corbusier. Indeed many links can be made between the Barbican (and Golden Lane Estate) built by architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon. Links will also be made with the work of Le Corbusier such as Unité d’habitation in Marseille. The Unité kitchen featured in the exhibition is a fantastic connection – it and those of the Barbican have obvious similarities.<br /><br />The Barbican Art Gallery team has hunted down Barbican residents, largely architects and designers, who have agreed to open their flats to visitors. To do this, we placed an advert in various publications regularly read by the Barbican residents.<br /><blockquote>'Calling all Architects Designers living in the Barbican!!<br />Are you an architect or designer living in the Barbican Estate? Have you recently commissioned an architect to refurbish your flat? Does your apartment still have original design features?<br />If so, we would like you to get in touch with us.'</blockquote>Once a wide list of residents was established (thanks to the ad, but also thanks to word of mouth), we went to visit flats all around the estate in order to prepare a rich and varied program for the ‘Barbican Living’ days. So far we have visited 15 flats in order to put together a varied and exciting tour program.<br /><br />Some of the tours are already sold out <a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=8672">so hurry up if you also want to be part of one of our ‘Barbican Living’ days</a>!<br /></div><div align="left"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306065752092455426" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xNOnM537yko/SaLusFRWMgI/AAAAAAAAAAU/ieqBamk81DI/s320/DavidKing2.jpg" border="0" /> <span style="font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306065644165507938" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xNOnM537yko/SaLulzNjq2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/qVSq72zBLlM/s320/DavidKing1.jpg" border="0" /></span><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo David King</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div>Léa-Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09327115018123787704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184026150735846742.post-31190283648880350972009-02-21T18:53:00.028+00:002009-02-23T12:39:53.477+00:00So it's busy<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GC2bJ17urF8/SaBgAVy7c4I/AAAAAAAAABA/FfZBh-LdYo0/s1600-h/IMG_0069.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GC2bJ17urF8/SaBgAVy7c4I/AAAAAAAAABA/FfZBh-LdYo0/s400/IMG_0069.JPG"></a><br><br />Le Corbusier opened on Wednesday evening and it's been non-stop ever since!<br />For the first in the series of Thursday Lates, <b>Jamie Fobert</b> chose to speak about what he felt are the two sides of Le Corbusier – the radical urbanist and the sculptor of natural forms – the Plan Voisin of 1925 and the Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp. More than 70 of you came. <br><br /><table width="98%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><br /> <tr><br /> <td width="160" valign="top"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GC2bJ17urF8/SaBnmnTxjmI/AAAAAAAAABQ/IXxT3AgmxoA/s1600-h/IMG_0078.JPG"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GC2bJ17urF8/SaBnmnTxjmI/AAAAAAAAABQ/IXxT3AgmxoA/s200/IMG_0078.JPG" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top">Exhibition curator <b>Arthur Ruegg</b> spoke about Le Corbusier's autobiographical interiors - a wonderful exploration of his own interiors and those that he promoted in his architecture. It was striking to see how many of Arthur's former students now based in London attended.<br /> <br />Also taking place was <b>Tony Hayward</b> and <b>Peter Marigold</b>'s 'Empty your Pockets!' A chance for exhibition visitors to curate their own collections. And how you took to it! <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/barbican/">Check out our Flickr site</a> to see.</td><br /> </tr><br /></table><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GC2bJ17urF8/SaBpjpUdsXI/AAAAAAAAABo/RT_6m3p85Xc/s1600-h/DVC00009.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GC2bJ17urF8/SaBpjpUdsXI/AAAAAAAAABo/RT_6m3p85Xc/s320/DVC00009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br><br> <br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GC2bJ17urF8/SaBpjr0u6-I/AAAAAAAAABw/rNwb_7bZxAY/s1600-h/DVC00034.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GC2bJ17urF8/SaBpjr0u6-I/AAAAAAAAABw/rNwb_7bZxAY/s320/DVC00034.jpg" border="0" /></a>Corinnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873836525462511625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184026150735846742.post-55120567221910833042009-02-10T23:16:00.001+00:002009-02-15T23:56:18.028+00:00Embassy Row.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3646/3281822291_6c02eba1c4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3646/3281822291_6c02eba1c4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Swiss Federation have generously lent one of Le Corbusier's tapestries, <span style="font-style: italic;">Presence II.</span> As the tapestry has been installed in the Swiss Ambassador's residence here in London, it was a real treat for me to oversee the packing and transport of the work to the Barbican.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3586/3282734098_d8a3546176.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 371px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3586/3282734098_d8a3546176.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As soon as I arrived in Montagu Place I was surrounded by embassies left and right. Even now as I type this Pavement's <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Pavement/_/Embassy+Row">'Embassy Row'</a> is poppin' back into my head! The Swiss Embassy welcomed me with open arms and I was led to the residence where the tapestry hangs in the living room/salon.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3330/3282734096_87a58ac8dd.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3330/3282734096_87a58ac8dd.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ambassador has not one but three(!) <a href="http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article1057089.ece">LC2</a> sofas in the softest, most buttery mustard yellow. If I lived here I would spend my evenings loungin' on these sofas and lustin' over all the amazing arts and graphics books in the collection.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/3282734104_5a67009a37.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/3282734104_5a67009a37.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The tapestry really dominates the room and there is no doubt it will be missed. We are so happy to have it at the Barbican for the next three months. I am tempted to show you a photo of the tapestry once it is installed I'm gonna restrain so you can come and see it for yourself!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3314/3282734116_0c10b42fef.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3314/3282734116_0c10b42fef.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />With the tapestry taking a leave of absence, perhaps now the Ambassador's staircase will receive some much-deserved ooohs and ahhs.</div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224599013793430253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184026150735846742.post-38949767602637817242009-02-03T18:07:00.002+00:002009-02-08T21:08:30.667+00:00It's only just begun.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/236/3263613479_46b13068e8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 464px; height: 303px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/236/3263613479_46b13068e8.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We're so excited to welcome this weekend the crates from Liverpool and the first of our Barbican-exclusive loans, Fernand Léger's <a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3ADE%3AI%3A5&amp;page_number=377&amp;template_id=1&amp;sort_order=1"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Baluster</span></a> all the way from MoMA in New York. <span class="textbox">Originally exhibited in the Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau, which Le Corbusier designed for the 1925 International Exposition of Decorative Arts in Paris, this is a very rare opportunity for this important work to be seen in London.<br /></span></div><br />You can see a digital recreation of the Pavillon here, but you'll have to visit the exhibition to see the room recreated and its contents reunited in the flesh.<br /><br /><center><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1RuO0VPysIo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1RuO0VPysIo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></center>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224599013793430253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184026150735846742.post-40385302791534038722009-01-30T20:38:00.000+00:002009-02-08T20:41:35.566+00:00The clock is ticking.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/240/3263613475_313f5f5e41.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/240/3263613475_313f5f5e41.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>A moment of calm....before the storm of crates arrive.<br /></div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224599013793430253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184026150735846742.post-32873679314352760922009-01-28T20:42:00.000+00:002009-02-08T20:45:05.797+00:00Gone but not forgotten.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3301/3263588563_31f41793cc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3301/3263588563_31f41793cc.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>One last look at This Is War!<br /></div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224599013793430253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184026150735846742.post-26674549442999912822009-01-27T21:36:00.006+00:002009-02-08T20:38:20.661+00:00Chh-ch-changes.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3500/3231616621_774da76988.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 405px; height: 549px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3500/3231616621_774da76988.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(the gallery workshop)</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The time between exhibitions is truly a magical time. You're sad to see the shows coming down but at the same time you can't wait to see the gallery transform itself once more. You get out from in front of your computer (at last!) and roll up your sleeves, walk through the spaces waving hello's and catching up on old times with the installation crew. You can be as loud as you want (in a gallery!) or just sit a spell soaking in the crazy twilight zone that is turnaround. You see the space as a blank canvas and at the same time you remember bits of every show you've ever seen there. You brace yourself for what's ahead!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3351/3231616607_58425f3bdd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 415px; height: 481px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3351/3231616607_58425f3bdd.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">That said we're all sad to see <a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/news/artformnews/art/rafael-lozano-hemmer">Rafael <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Lozano</span>-Hemmer</a> and <a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/news/artformnews/art/this-is-war%21-robert-capa-at-work">This is War!</a> come down but we're also gearing up for the installations of <a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=8379">Peter Coffin</a> in the Curve and <a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/lecorbusier/exhibition">Le <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Corbusier</span></a> in the main gallery.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3453/3231616591_bcf9309d77.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 490px; height: 314px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3453/3231616591_bcf9309d77.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(Mr Wizard-style light bulbs leftover from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Lozano</span>-Hemmer projectors)<br /></span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3440/3232622614_c2fc501de1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 496px; height: 372px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3440/3232622614_c2fc501de1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/3232622608_aaeb185c9e.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 385px; height: 512px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/3232622608_aaeb185c9e.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3508/3232622610_c6560f91d2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 389px; height: 516px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3508/3232622610_c6560f91d2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />It's my most favourite time to be in the gallery. I'm always <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">stressed</span> to the core but it's the very best kind of stress, wanting to savour every moment knowing it only happens every three months. The magic continues as the gallery is cleared to make way for the majority of works coming in this weekend. We can't wait, but we can....<br /></div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224599013793430253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184026150735846742.post-32455310521339590932009-01-21T18:42:00.005+00:002009-01-22T11:13:34.582+00:00Decisions decisions.<div align="justify">With the opening of the show now less than one month away, you can feel (and hear!) the buzzzzzz around Team Corb as we keep on keepin' on towards the finish line.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3503/3216109288_0febf2837f_o.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 652px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 546px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3503/3216109288_0febf2837f_o.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">There are still so many loose ends to tie up before the majority of the works arrive from The Crypt (which closed this past Sunday). Images, graphics, captions, floor plans, gallery guides, insurance, per diems, v.i.p.'s, events....you name it we're on it. With tired eyes but smiling hearts. <em>Le Corbusier — The Art of Architecture</em> is comin' at us like *Jaws*........ready or not.</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">And for all of you out there just jonesin' for 19 February, you can visit our <a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/lecorbusier">microsite</a> which officially went live today. We hope you'll love it as much as we do. Mad props to Chris and Rachel, we couldn't have done it without you.</div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224599013793430253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184026150735846742.post-41825504242459544232009-01-13T20:58:00.008+00:002009-01-22T10:47:43.932+00:00Royal visit.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3205692123_a4c95693d5.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 666px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 506px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3205692123_a4c95693d5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><a href="http://www.architecture.com/TheRIBA/Home.aspx">The Royal Institute of British Architects</a> (RIBA) are one of the collaborators for <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Le Corbusier - The Art of Architecture</span>. I've heard so much about RIBA and talked to a few people there, so I jumped at the opportunity to visit their <a href="http://www.architecture.com/RIBAVenues/About66PP.aspx">headquarters</a>, described as an 'Art Deco landmark', in Portland Place by Regent Park.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3322/3205692109_79b1415902.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 611px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3322/3205692109_79b1415902.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Corinna and I ascended the dreamy staircase to meet with Robert Elwood in the RIBA <a href="http://www.architecture.com/LibraryDrawingsAndPhotographs/PhotographsCollection.aspx">library</a> to select photographs for inclusion in the 'British Modernism' section of the exhibition. It was a dream-come-true to sift through hundreds of photographs of the Barbican over the years. It's such a magical place. You'll have to come and see the exhibition to see which photographs we selected.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3439/3207797508_cf1ccf2b6d.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 659px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3439/3207797508_cf1ccf2b6d.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3495/3205692135_40c22d4501.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 498px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 631px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3495/3205692135_40c22d4501.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3451/3205692139_de6f608dbd.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 490px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 626px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3451/3205692139_de6f608dbd.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The etched glass, wood carvings, rich history and original quirks all make my heart skip-a-beat. I will definitely be back for more! The bookshop is also not to be missed. Corinna picked up THE <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paffard_Keatinge-Clay">Paffard Keatinge-Clay</a> monograph, you can see her below triumphantly holding the bag (!). You will definitely be hearing more about Paffard from us, as we are big fans in every way.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3313/3205692149_4fa4ed77d7_b.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3375/3205692143_95fe4d160b.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 294px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 505px" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3375/3205692143_95fe4d160b.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3313/3205692149_4fa4ed77d7_b.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 296px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 507px" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3313/3205692149_4fa4ed77d7_b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />(Meet your bloggers: Corinna, left, and Jess)</span> </div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224599013793430253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184026150735846742.post-39260812204691214732009-01-10T12:12:00.004+00:002009-01-14T15:06:49.673+00:00Architecture and Happiness according to Le Corbusier‘Nevertheless there is ARCHITECTURE. An admirable thing, the most beautiful. The product of happy peoples and what happy peoples produce.<br />Happy cities have architecture.<br />Architecture is in the telephone and in the Parthenon. How comfortable it might be in our homes. Our houses make streets and streets make cities and cities, they're individuals who take on a soul, who feel, suffer, and admire. How well architecture might be in the streets and in the whole city!<br /><br />Le Corbusier, <em>Towards an Architecture</em> (1923)Corinnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873836525462511625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184026150735846742.post-46634773430925025062009-01-09T09:19:00.003+00:002009-01-09T09:48:17.078+00:00Getting Closer<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GC2bJ17urF8/SWcaxejZE_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/X4ew7J1KqNA/s1600-h/Ronchamp,+south+and+east+facade.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289225724687356914" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GC2bJ17urF8/SWcaxejZE_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/X4ew7J1KqNA/s400/Ronchamp,+south+and+east+facade.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Six weeks to the opening and there is still much to do. Recollections of our visit to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ronchamp</span> seem very distant now. It's all about the design of the show, the layout of the works, the graphics and how the visitor is to experience the all the amazing drawings, models, photographs, paintings that are to be shown in <em>Le <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Corbusier</span> – The Art of Architecture</em>.</div><div> </div><div>It is a real challenge to exhibit Le Corbusier's works and ideas in a gallery space that is architecturally demanding - and there is a lot of concrete already. We will have to wait and see!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Corinnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873836525462511625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184026150735846742.post-67913252178679309662008-11-12T20:32:00.001+00:002009-01-22T11:14:22.141+00:00Liverpool here we come.<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Yesterday Corinna, Rob and I hopped the train to Liverpool to see <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Le Corbusier - The Art of Architecture</span> at the <a href="http://www.architecture.com/WhatsOn/Exhibitions/lecorbusier/lecorbusier.aspx">Crypt</a> of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. It was incredible to see in the flesh the exhibition that we've all been working on these past few months. We spent about five hours in the space, checking labels, images, projections, noting all the things we need to do before the show travels to London.</span></span> You can see a sneak-peek of the installation <a href="http://www.architecture.com/WhatsOn/Exhibitions/lecorbusier/Gallery/ExhibitionIntro.aspx">here</a>.<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: arial"><em></em></strong></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3398/3199463387_53a51e6c86.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 516px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 681px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3398/3199463387_53a51e6c86.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(Rob and Corinna check out the signage)<br /></span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3502/3199463389_b2c6df3e9c.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 669px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 523px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3502/3199463389_b2c6df3e9c.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(Corinna and I horsin' around ouside the cathedral)<br /></span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The wind was insane in Liverpool, we were practically pushed along towards the entrance to the Crypt. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3303/3199463397_82cfc072bd.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 665px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 516px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3303/3199463397_82cfc072bd.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><br /></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The exhibition will be on display until 18 January 2009, after which it travels to the Barbican. We've got a lot of work ahead of us! Keep checking the blog to see what we get up to along the way. </div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224599013793430253noreply@blogger.com0